In My Thoughts

Hello everyone! I'm here with a thinking of you card for Poppystamps. This card can easily be made into a Valentine's Day card by switching out the sentiment.

I used alcohol ink on yupo paper to create a colourful panel from which I die cut the pretty Leaf Flourish Heart. Love how the heart pops against all the white!

For more pics and details about this card please stop by the blog here.

Enjoy your week!

Sending Hugs

Happy New Year everyone! I'm here with a card using Poppystamps products. This card could be used for Valentine's Day or just to send someone a paper hug.

I cut strips of scrap card stock to create a colourful background for the Grid Heart Frame and really like how it turned out!

For more info please visit Poppystamps here.

I'm entering this for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge here and the Wednesday Challenge here, Something New. 

Have a great weekend!

Blog Blitz at Poppystamps

We're having our Valentine's Blog Blitz over at Poppystamps and that means there are giveaways everyday during the blitz!

There's lots of amazing new Valentine's and Love theme products during this release and here's my card using the Scribble Daisy Die along with a pretty 3D embossing folder.

Stop by the blog here to leave a comment for your chance to win the die and leave comments over at Poppystamps everyday (as well as Instagram, here) for the giveaways!

For more info on how I made my card pop over to the Poppystamps blog.

Thanks for visiting!

Crazy In Love

There's a new challenge starting today over at Poppystamps and this month we're Crazy In Love! We want to see your interpretation on this theme and you have all month long to play.

I decided to make my card masculine. That means no pink, glitter or lace and such.

I inked up my background with Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover and Peacock Feathers and gave it one spritz with Perfect Pearls and a few flicks of water.

I die cut the new Shimmering Heart Border 4 times and adhered it to a white panel. Then I took all the hearts that were die cut from the background and added them back in throughout the design.

The sentiment is from the Be Mine Penguin stamp set and it was white embossed on black card stock and layered onto vellum. I finished off with one red heart.

I hope to see your projects over at Poppystamps and don't forget that the winner will receive a die from the new release!

Thanks for stopping by today!

1362 Shimmering Heart Border CL417 Be Mine Penguins clear stamp set

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Happy Valentine's Day

A quickie post today with a Valentine's card I made with the cute Love Cats die from the Frantic Stamper.

I thought this cat die would make a fun shaker card and because I didn't have an appropriate sentiment I just made my own with Lawn Fawn's Milo's ABCs.

I'm entering this card for colourQ Challenge #279, Virginia's View Challenge #12 Shaker Cards and Simon Says Stamp All Creatures Great and Small Challenge.

Thanks for visiting today and Happy Valentine's Day!

Bokeh Hearts

I tried to capture the bokeh effect using hearts instead of circles for this Valentine's Day card.

I used Distress Inks to create my watercoloured background and inked up Simon Says Stamps Tons of Hearts images in a variety of coloured dye and pigments inks and white dye and pigment inks. The sentiment was gold embossed with Simon Says Stamps Essential Greetings and I added a few sequins to finish off the card.

This is a great card for a guy.  Nothing frilly, feminine or sparkly happening here.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamps Flickr Love Challenge #11.

And Simon Says Stamps Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

It's All New At A Blog Named Hero

Welcome to my first challenge of 2014 with A Blog Named Hero.  This challenge is about anything that's new to you.  New stamp, new products, new colour.

For my card I'm using a new stamp, Hero Arts Tiny Flags and a new technique to me, chalkboard.  To challenge myself even further, I wanted to make a masculine Valentine's Day card.  In my house that means no glitter, sparkle, gems, frills, lace or pink.


For the large heart I took the Tiny Flags stamp, inked it in Mint Julep and stamped it on white paper. Then I inked the stamp in navy and stamped it slightly off  from the green triangles, so they are slightly overlapping.

For the small heart I stamped the image in Mint Julep on Shallow Layering Paper, flipped the stamp around and inked it in navy and stamped.  This has the triangles pointing in two different directions while on the large heart they are pointing in the same direction but offset a bit.

It's hard to see it on the hearts but here's a close-up of the stamped papers.

I white embossed the sentiment and stamped the XOXO's and heart in Memories White Dye and Pigment inks and used my fingers and a cloth to smear some of the ink around and lighten the stamped images.  For a pop of colour I added a red heart paper clip in the corner (it's from a dollar store).

So now it's your turn to make a project using something "new".  You can link up your projects here and a random winner will be chosen to receive a gift voucher from the fabulous Simon Says Stamp.

Happy crafting and thanks for visiting today!

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Hubby Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Here's a peek at the card I'm giving my husband tonight! Shhhh, don't tell him!

I was inspired by a card and video called Heart Tuckaway from Dave Brethauer of Memory Box. This card has a unique fold so when you open the card it looks like this.

I used a Spellbinders Labels One die and partially cut out the shape on my card front and this is what allows the card to open and close. It sort of acts like a hinge. Here's a closeup.

If you noticed, on the second panel I made a pocket to hold a gift card that my hubby can use at the bookstore. He loves to read.

I had such fun making this card and this design can be adapted to any holiday or special occasion with whatever die you fancy and the great thing is this card is the same size as a regular card, 5.5 x 4.25, no extra postage required.

To watch Dave's video and to get all the measurements check out his blog here.

I'm also entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Love Is In the Air.

Wishing you a sweet day!